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2 Docket Call 1 (1967)

handle is hein.abarchive/dockcalog0002 and id is 1 raw text is: Published by Section of General Practice American Bar Association @~WBL LRAY AFRWMq SM PUI'ATION . CHAIRMAN'S LETTER As ( hairman of the 'ection of (General Practice, I utilize this first issue of I.t' A4 t (all under mx adminis- tration to express to you m% thanks for wour confidence in me b entrusting to me the guidninc e of the (eneral Practice Sec tion for [l,-*). This Section has grown from one of the youngest and smallest to one of the five largest sections (over 6,000 members). It has become necessary to re-examine our projects and to adjust our program to serve a large and more representative group of lawyers in the fifty states. This issue of I) k# ( i/l is reall an expanded ve; sion of the original public ation. Our interim editor who 1s also our Nction seCtretar%. Richard li. Allen of Memphis, has printed in this issue a number of projects wkhn h wxe have undertaken. From these and from man% more projets that we shall adopt in the future, you as I. general pr.iritioner will findi that v'our offiters and ( ountil re dedicated to one purpose- howk best to serve those iv ers e gige d in the general pr.artie of law%, regardless of wkhether thex are lotated in a small ount% sear tovn. i middle size It%, or large metropolitan .center. .All of us in this Nettion hive i <ommon aim namely, to keep ourselves ibre.ist u' rrent legal Je isions and rulings so that wt <an scr% ( to our best abilit% our clients * ithin the inwts , the AL eepted <anons of ethcs of the lci.il profession. (e must proxe to our <lients and to the ,Coeral publui that we is liv ers are professional people. ani not trA.h sme thit wt .re dediuated to the goal of inpro.itig the .iministrition of justiue and that at ill times xe must rnuc ourseles as lawyers so that our <lients t il1 recr n it; una fidng faith in our ju- litcial svstemr and in the Amyerican wi of life. from this goal. we Lannot arid must riot divert our primary a.ims as members of the legal profession. Osc ar Fend Ir ( a, i rria in POLICIES AND PROJECTS COMMITTEE MAKES OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION [he Pol ies and Proeckts ( onortrtee.( hairmaned bx [)I id Nelson 'surton, of the (, P. 'sec tion made its iniual report it the Atnniual Meeting in Montreal. ( anad.i Among manN of its rec ommendations oe the following I he ( ommittec rec ommended cont inuation of the public ation. l..aw Notes' and suggested use of cert kin stand.ird heahings therein. sucJh .is, Nev Tools of the Protessionti, (leanings From Other Settions. etc. The ( ommittee also recommended the tormatrion of a new ( otimittee on ( Lini is of Fthic s ,' which no%% ha' been formed by your a, inistration, with John 1). Randiall, ediar Rapids. lowa, as the ( hairman thereof. Your idministration has also followed the .adice of the ['oli it-s and Projects ( ommittee report. in that it has .ippointed a nie ( ormmitter for ( ooperation with state and lo<al liH r Associations.' with Mrs. Dorothy \f. ()rsin;. Lirrle Rock. Arkansas. as the ( hairman. The <, P lm-(tion is indebted to the outstanding work Atd % lu;ihible suggestions of this ( ommittee, which had the etritti of the vision, thought and foresight of sUt h men as at least two past ( hairmen of the (, se tion. 1ohn I). Rmindill,of lowi and Robert Barton of Ri, hrmond. Virginii. G.P. COUNCIL MEETING IN OKLAHOMA CITY A SUCCESS On Oc roiee r 1- 20, the (, 1' ( < Ui,; un e ev r in klahonm.i It% it the same time is the A Ii A Region il eetting. \ <' roe . the ,.P. eCtIOn I icehk . -, the louse' Of lihleJ.te a ted is host te the ( uilt) . ind, thainks to him, ill tiu lhties for the neetink: were superb our ( h.irn.i.n. ()sc ir I,ndltr. pr sided it inl I'ducI - or;,1 ermn ior or on ( rim in al A <it for ( i l I ri il l,vers. wh;b ',is pr nrt unt r Ir the ;oint .auspIr s of the <, ' Ne tiot. the ( riminil I i'% N1 rion ind the l unj I i er N- tion. )our ite-( h.iirmi.tn . Aill m i; I. I u i h s* pirt i ip.ITed in an Ft onomit 5 ,fminar, speaking on the subiect of ''Duraiting a Hill for 'srvies Rend re.' Volume 11, Number I January, 1967